US6771187B2 - Printing station located in the back of mass transit vehicle seats - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to printing stations.
- Such structures of this type generally, provide for a printing station to be located in the back of mass transit vehicle seats such that the mass transit rider can be able to view and subsequently print that viewed information.
- this invention fulfills these needs by providing a mass transit vehicle seat printing station, wherein the station is comprised of: a mass transit vehicle seat having a seat back; a display means located within the seat back; a printing means located within the seat back and operatively connected to the display means; and a control means located within the seat back and operatively connected to the display means and the printing means in order to control the display means and the printing means.
- the mass transit vehicle can be, but is not limited to, an airplane, a bus, a train, passenger ship or the like.
- the display means includes a display monitor for Web based interaction and, possibly, a smaller 2-4 line display.
- the printing means includes a small inkjet or thermal color printer.
- the control means can be a control panel that includes alphanumeric keys, print buttons, and scroll buttons.
- the printing station may include an IR port or other such types of connectors that will provide access to and power for the user's mobile devices, such as laptop computers, cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) or the like.
- the user is able to view information on the display located in the mass transit vehicle seat back printing station and, possibly, print that information without having to leave his his/her seat or have to share the information with others.
- the preferred mass transit vehicle printing station offers the following advantages: excellent printing characteristics; excellent document viewing characteristics; excellent document controlling characteristics; increased privacy; increased passenger safety; ability to interact with mobile devices; and excellent economy.
- these factors of excellent printing characteristics, excellent document viewing characteristics, excellent document controlling characteristics, increased privacy, increased passenger safety, and ability to interact with minimal devices are optimized to an extent that is considerably higher than heretofore achieved in prior, known mass transit vehicle printing stations.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a mass transit vehicle printing station, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of another mass transit vehicle printing station, according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates printing station 2 .
- Printing station 2 includes, in part, conventional mass transit vehicle seat back 4 , conventional mass transit vehicle seat back tray 5 , display 6 , printer 8 , printed document 10 , control panel buttons 11 and 12 , secondary display 14 , IR port 16 , and power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 .
- Display 6 preferably, is any suitable display monitor that will adequately fit within mass transit vehicle seat back 4 and allow for the display of any Internet based interaction between the user and printing station 2 .
- Printer 8 preferably, is any suitable small inkjet or thermal color printer which is capable of printing document 10 and which will adequately fit within mass transit vehicle seat back 4 .
- Printed document 10 preferably, is any document that is printed on conventional 4′′ by 6′′ media or any other suitable media size.
- Control panel buttons 11 and 12 preferably, should include a keyboard having alphanumeric keys, scroll keys, print keys or the like which will allow the user to interact with and/or manipulate the information displayed on display 6 and/or any mobile devices (not shown) connected to printing station 2 through power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 .
- Mobile devices can be, but are not limited to, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDA) or the like.
- secondary display 14 preferably, is a smaller 2-4 line display that can be added to allow the user to view various documents at printing station 2 at the same time.
- IR port 16 preferably, allows the user to conventionally, electronically transmit machine-readable data from any mobile devices (not shown) to printing station 2 so that the data can be viewed on displays 6 and/or 14 and/or printed by printer 8 .
- Power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 preferably, allow the user to connect any mobile device (not shown) to printing station 2 so that the mobile device can be powered by printing station 2 and/or the mobile device can conventionally download information to and receive information from printing station 2 .
- printing station 2 is, preferably, conventionally connected to the Internet in order to allow the user to have Web based interaction access.
- FIG. 2 shows printing station 50 .
- Printing station 50 includes, in part, conventional mass transit vehicle seat back 4 , display 6 , printer 8 , printed document 10 , control panel buttons 11 and 12 , secondary display 14 , IR port 16 , power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 , telephone head set 52 , telephone display 54 , printer 56 , and document 58 .
- printer 56 is, preferably, constructed in the same manner as printer 8 (FIG. 1 ).
- the user may elect to fold down mass transit vehicle seat back tray 5 and place a mobile device (not shown), such as a laptop computer on tray 5 .
- a mobile device such as a laptop computer on tray 5 .
- the user then would be able to do many things with print station 2 .
- the user may already have information on the laptop computer that the user wants to be printed.
- the user conventionally transmits the information from the mobile device to IR port 16 where the information can be subsequently printed by printer 8 .
- the user may need to utilize the power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 in order to provide power to the mobile device and/or transmit information to printing station 2 so that it can be printed by printer 8 if the mobile device lacks the proper equipment to interact with IR port 16 .
- Power and workstation/Internet access connections 18 can also be used to transfer information from the Internet to printing station 2 and/or the mobile device.
- the user may use the alphanumeric keyboard located on the mobile device in order to manipulate the information on displays 6 and 14 and/or the display on the mobile device.
- the user may also elect to manipulate control panel buttons 11 and 12 in order to manipulate the information on displays 6 and 14 and/or the display on the mobile device.
- the user may decide to use the telephone (FIG. 2) for variety of personal/business-related reasons.
- printer 56 can be used to print document 58 that is a hard copy of what is displayed on telephone display 54 .
- printing station 2 can be located adjacent to the seat that the passenger is sitting in, such as a seat compartment beside the seat and/or below the seat, so long as the passenger has easy access to printing station 2 .
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